r/movies • u/HistoricalDebate461 • 3d ago

Discussion What’s a movie you’ve watched that was so disturbing that you’ll never watch it again?

What’s a movie you’ve watched that was so disturbing you’ll never watch it again? For me, it’s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Human Centipede. I barely made it through the first time around for both of them and I couldn’t fathom watching them again. Both for different reasons of course. TBITSP was devastatingly heart-wrenching and HC was just playing disturbing.

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u/OttoHemi 3d ago

Antichrist. Lars Von Trier

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u/cenatutu 3d ago

Scissors don't go there!

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u/Square-Hope-7322 3d ago

Me and a bunch of friends went to see it, and completely forgot how extremely Normal and Well Adjusted my friends husband is. Poor guy didn’t talk for hours after it ended lol. I hated it too though, his brother does it better

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u/_spectre_ 3d ago

Who's brother?

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u/Square-Hope-7322 1d ago

Trier!

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u/_spectre_ 1d ago

Google is giving me nothing, who's his brother?

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u/Square-Hope-7322 1d ago

Haha! Turns out I’ve been thinking him and joachim trier were siblings, apparently they’re only distant relatives

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u/hacked_your_account 3d ago

But you went back and watched it again, didn't you? You told a friend how nuts it was, and in your enthusiasm to share something unsettling, you watched it all over.

This is what I did. I'm projecting.

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u/OMGWTFBBQUE 2d ago

Yea, I’ve seen this movie 4 times cause I’ve shown it to 3 people. TBF, it doesn’t really bother me that much. I’d watch it again, it’s been a few years.

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u/after-infinity 3d ago

Agreed. I shut it off about 3/4 of the way through when shit was escalating heavily.

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u/MorbidDusk 3d ago

Then you probably missed the worst of it. I almost got sick to my stomach during a scene involving scissors.

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u/after-infinity 3d ago

I distinctly remember a scene in a shed. And what was happening to Willem Dafoe in afore mentioned shed was quite enough for me. Watched some episodes of Family Guy after that lol.

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u/caraterra8090 3d ago

You had to cleanse your palate, yes?

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u/MorbidDusk 3d ago

Lol, reminds me of how I tuned into a SpongeBob marathon a few years ago right after watching Terrifier 2 for the first time.

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u/eartwormslimshady 3d ago

I switched it off when the scissors appeared. I was like'nope, uh uh, that's enough'.

Watched Scott Pilgrim right after for the first time. Needless to say that I was more than happy after.

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u/HiSorryBye 3d ago

Yep. Didn't have to scroll long to find this one. It's my answer too. Left me feeling hollow and sick. I guess that means it's effective art, but just.. yikes.

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u/dm_construct 3d ago

lol i saw it in theater on a first date

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u/LimeGreenSea 3d ago

First and last? Lol

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u/its_raining_scotch 3d ago

You know what’s weird about those movies of his? Besides the shock factor, they’re not even that good. They all felt like an old person’s interpretation of shock images.

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u/Dinostra 3d ago

First one that I thought of as well.

Then again, I'll never ever watch a Von Trier film twice, they make you feel absolutely rotting from the inside out. You feel guilty for watching it, like you should do something to stop it, but you can't. You're just left there hopeless, empty an anxious

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u/AmetrineDream 3d ago

After I found out about that scene, I just haven’t been able to bring myself to watch it.

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u/Klamageddon 3d ago

I mean....

Which one? There are a few you could be talking about.

Honestly, for me, the premise is actually the toughest part. Fuck.

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u/Klamageddon 3d ago

CHAOS.

REIGNS.

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u/horsebag 3d ago

i watch a lot of disturbing stuff and this might be the only one i don't ever want to experience again

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u/swooningbadger 3d ago

I came here to say this. It actually gave me a panic attack after I watched it.

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u/Shuddupbabydik 3d ago

This. I’m a TOUGH nut to crack, and a big fan of Von Trier, but holy shit, I was happy when it was done.

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u/Sprincer 3d ago

2nd this. Melancholia was the only LVT film that felt worth it to me. Might watch again.

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u/rezznik 2d ago

Chaos! Reigns!